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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harmsworth, Viscount Rothermere (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Evening News), brother of the late and greatest British news titan, Viscount Northcliffe; and 2) William Mawell Aitken, Baron Beaverbrook (Daily Express and Evening Standard), a self-made Canadian, still sometimes referred to as "that bounder", but generally accorded the respect due a man who has made a cool £1,000,000 in business and then "retired" to enjoy the sport of maneuvering himself into the peerage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telegraph Sold | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

Satire is a mood that has long been popular on the stage, where Roxie first displayed her not entirely innocent enticements to a jury of twelve true men. On the screen, satire has been somewhat neglected. But on the whole and in good measure due to the raucous energies of Phyllis Haver in the leading role, Chicago is a suprisingly vigorous and sardonic sneer at some of the more preposterous contemporary idiocies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 2, 1928 | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...must be left behind? ", Ihe matter is clear when two facts are remembered: Trotsky represents the doctrine that the Soviet state must never cease to promote "The World Revolution of the World Proletariat, because, until that Revolution comes, Russia herself cannot attain a state of "pure" Lenin Communism, due to the machinations of non-Communist powers; 2) Stalin, on the other hand, holds that the Soviet state must temporarily cease to foment "World Revolution," in order to gain strength from friendly commerce with the non-Communist powers, and finally, when strong enough, press on with the "Revolution." Other clashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Political Execution | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

Scarcely half of the pledges made to the Student Council Budget which were not paid at registration and were due on November 30 have not been paid, it has been reported by C. H. Pforzheimer '28, chairman of the Budget Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUDGET PLEDGES MADE TO STUDENT COUNCIL IGNORED | 12/22/1927 | See Source »

...reason for the change from the 70 to 75 per cent basis of selection, is due according to the English Department, to the fact that by making 70 per cent the standard, almost half of the class was excused from English A, many men who should have taken the course being exempted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH A BARRIER RAISED FIVE POINTS | 12/22/1927 | See Source »

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